Axon
Pub Fare
A baker's dozen of original songs performed and recorded live in microbrewery taprooms (including a studio bonus track). It's like being at an Axon show from the comfort of your own couch.
TL;DR Bio:
Axon writes and sings songs in the Western herban cowboy tradition. A seasoned baritone voice and a signature guitar technique deliver an engaging Americana performance. A half a century of performing experience, across a variety of genres, infuses a roots repertoire with elements of folk, blues, jazz, tonk and gospel, informed by a healthy reverence for the soundtrack of "the Sixties".
Warm baritone vocals span a diversity of stylings including folk, blues, gospel, western and jazz
A roots repertoire drawn from many genres showcases a signature arpeggiated finger style guitar technique
Superb songwriting, song selection and set sequencing transports the listener on a cinematic musical itinerary
HMU:
530-898-0815
Shameless Self-Promotion Bio:
The first thing you notice is the voice. A resonant baritone vibrant with the timbre of seasoned oak prompts you to ask “Who is that?”. He sounds familiar, but you can’t quite place it, as he croons like Sinatra one moment, yodels like Haggard in another, wails like Isbell on the bridge, and sticks the landing in Kristofferson territory. And that’s just in the first chorus.
Impressive fingerpicking on a classical guitar intrigues next. A signature technique blends tasty arpeggiated figures up and down the neck with ringing open strings, a rhythmic and harmonic foundation for the vocal. While the chord progressions fit comfortably within the familiar singer-songwriter folk genre, you detect stealth inflections of jazz, blues and latin voicings. Honkytonk, bluegrass and gospel changes also light up the roots repertoire, integrating licks collected from over a half century of performing.
Finally, stylish literary lyrics regale the listener with good time crowd pleasers Just One More and You Never Know, while wry stage commentary introduces rowdy tonkers Game Of Life, I Don’t Wanna Feel Better and We Gotta Do This Again. Plot-driven narratives Between The River And The Rails, First Duty and character studies 21st Century Cowgirl, and Responder are blue collar screenplays in three choruses and a bridge. Unflinching examinations of the darker corners of modern life in Free America, Seeking Comfort, and Turtle yield to redemptive ballads Dharma Waltz, The Way That It Goes, Saved The Best For Last, and the bluesy I’ve Had Enough.
Before you’ve even had the chance to fully appreciate the cinematic imagery and emotional payload of this musical journey, the set is over and you find yourself humming along to a catchy earworm you hope you never forget.